I wonder whether AA will add back any former ORD transborder routes like YOW or YWG? If AA are serious about giving AA a run for their money at ORD, you’d think they need to have a presence on UA dominated/monopoly routes.

A319 neo =Around 60 will be produced=fail- production end in 4-8 years A220-100=Around 120 will be produced=fail- same as the 717 for Boeing Possible futre Airbus narrow body jets: A220-500=Possibly in 10 to 15 years time frame A320xlr=Possibly Airbus answer to possible 200 seat NMA variant, mtow 8...

The A319 is not economical vs. the A220-300. A220-300 empty weight 37 tons (and a little more). A319NEO empty weight 42.6 tons or 5.6 tons disadvantage. The A319 engines are sized for the A321. When run on the A319, they run at a lower pressure ratio (worse efficiency). So while the same engines on...

Is airbus going to be able to meet delivery dates with all these conversions? I’m assuming they were unprepared for the crazy amount of a321 orders they have received. Often the contract with the manufacturer gives the airline the flexibility to firm up on the model (i.e. 320 vs 321) up until a cer...

I know this is has come up before but what is the reason that runways in Canada are not grooved? The only thing I can think of is that water will freeze in the gaps and ruin the pavement but I have been to other airports in climates that are similar to Canada's such as BOS, FRA, MUC, etc (I am sure...

Looking at the charts for CYHZ, surely it’s time to start looking at introducing RNAV LPV more widely into commercial aircraft? If you had an aircraft that can fly those minimums then situations like shooting an approach with a rather high tailwind component in relatively poor weather could become ...

Given the weather circumstances/conditions and runway options early yesterday morning, would it have not been way more prudent to divert in a situation like this...even if the outcome were different? Also regarding having every runway equipped with an ILS, can an airport authority spend their own d...

Not sure if it was a factor but the CAT II ILS for runway 23 has been unserviceable for quite some time now. At the time of the accident, the ILS on 23 was inop and the runway shortened by 1400'. 14 was the only ILS at YHZ that night. Now that 14/32 is closed there are no precision approaches into ...

A 747-400 Cargo Jet landing on a 7,700 foot long runway? That's not really a problem. However, given the weather conditions of the ill-fated day, I also think they should have landed in the long one. Not uncommon at all, try Melbourne's 09/27 for example. Even A380 landed on a 7500ft long wet runwa...

Makes a lot of sense. Listening to the ATC recording here, while the tone of the controller's voice did not change, he did give the updated weather conditions twice. By reiterating it a second time, it's sorta almost hinting at a 'are you nuts?'. But as mentioned up the thread, if they only had tha...

So they decided to land RWY14 with wind reported as 280/18G21 and ATC questioning their intentions. That equates to a tailwind of around 16 knots. On a 2350 meter runway that was wet. Even if they were light, the outcome is hardly surprising. Yup. In a situation like this, do ATC have the authority...

YHZ, in relation to its size has seen a disproportionate number of crashes in the past 15 years. AC 320 snowstorm MK 742F - RIP crew and now this. Was just about to post the exact same point, a disproportionate amount of accidents for an airport handling about 4M pax / year. Is there something inhe...

So they decided to land RWY14 with wind reported as 280/18G21 and ATC questioning their intentions. That equates to a tailwind of around 16 knots. On a 2350 meter runway that was wet. Even if they were light, the outcome is hardly surprising. Yup. In a situation like this, do ATC have the authority...

They landed on the 14 end of the mco shorter 2347 metre runway 14/32 vs the 3200 metre runway 05/23. I’m guessing the choice of runway was due to the weather conditions? Some excellent views of the aircraft here: https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/cargo-plane-goes-off-runway-at-halifax-sta...

Happened this morning at Halifax at approximately 0515 Atlantic time. 5 crew on board taken to hospital with minor injuries. Reports of substantial damage to the aircraft. https://www.news957.com/national/2018/11/07/cargo-plane-goes-off-runway-on-landing-in-halifax-sending-five-crew-to-hospital/ htt...

YYZ Q3 and YTD https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/gtaa-reports-2018-third-quarter-results-strong-commercial-revenues-earnings-and-passenger-growth-699851471.html During the three-month period ended September 30, 2018, 14.2 million passengers travelled through Toronto Pearson, representing an incr...

Looks like a distressed sale on the part of WW to me. Simplistic way of looking at it but WW had 20 aircraft, more than 1/2 of FI's 35 but will only get 5% of FI's equity. Overexpansion and rising fuel prices were going to do WW in on liquidity- Skuli chose to sell instead of going it alone and loo...

Their fleets couldn't be more different. IF this does go through expect some trimming of destinations. It'll be interesting to watch. I'd actually expect a trimming of capacity at destinations where they compete head on, with that capacity redeployed to a whole host of new destinations. Makes FI's ...

Their fleets couldn't be more different. IF this does go through expect some trimming of destinations. It'll be interesting to watch. I'd actually expect a trimming of capacity at destinations where they compete head on, with that capacity redeployed to a whole host of new destinations. Makes FI's ...

Sorry above should have said YFC-YYZ...dang autocorrect! You have to remember the population of Canada is less than half of the UKs. Its a tiny population for such a big country so there isnt a massive need for more airlines. Unless the UK’s population has suddenly exploded to 75 million, Canada has...

To all of those who try to deny AC is not monopoly position: Try to book an YXU - YVR RT flight in J 2 weeks out: You'll get to roughly to 4500 CAD. Where else you can charge that for a 2200 sm flight? https://www.expedia.ca/Flights-Search?flight-type=on&starDate=16%2F11%2F2018&endDate=22%2...

Will we see YOW-LHR being flown by A330 in late 2019 ? I’d hazard a guess that the one remaining mainline 763 will operate YOW-LHR, or more specifically YYZ-YOW-LHR-YOW-YYZ until the end of the winter 2019-20 season and then will go 330 or 788 in summer 2020. I’d bet that YOW’s existing transatlant...

Regarding Porter, they’re back at MLB around December 18th. Weekly flights to YOW, YTZ and YQG. Great to see the YQG-MLB flights went well that they are returning this year. What do you suppose makes YQG-MLB via while DTW-MLB isn't ?. Probably the 74 seater Q400 and the fact it's the only transbord...

Will we see YOW-LHR being flown by A330 in late 2019 ? I’d hazard a guess that the one remaining mainline 763 will operate YOW-LHR, or more specifically YYZ-YOW-LHR-YOW-YYZ until the end of the winter 2019-20 season and then will go 330 or 788 in summer 2020. I’d bet that YOW’s existing transatlant...

On the ground STC and Greyhound Canada recently failed and VIA Rail has been going down the drain for years so it may only be a matter of time before Canada is left with only Air Canada and the far north airlines (even those may end up part of Air Canada). No one thought Greyhound Canada would sudd...

Other than Alleigant's very limited OGS service (which is primarily about pulling the beach bound from across the boarder) I'm not coming up with anything bigger than a 15-seat Twin Otter in either city going back 40+ years. Doesn't really alter your point, but Brockway Air used to fly B1900s into ...

If loads were north of 90%, sounds like they weren't charging a high enough fare. BTW, where'd you get the 'yields were garbage' evidence from? The US DOT publications? The thing is, WS is now aspiring to be a global carrier, yet they still can't figure out/don't seem motivated how to be a national...

The thing is, WS is now aspiring to be a global carrier, yet they still can't figure out/don't seem motivated how to be a national carrier first. Save for YHZ, they're a token player east of YYZ, where even PD sometimes outranks them. A good business goes where the profits are and deploys their ass...

Does that mean we MIGHT finally see the 737-600 here? (That is if it has the range) Pretty sure WestJet keeps the 736 most on operations in Canada. No, the B736s get used through out most of the routes including to the US. There’s a chance the B736 could be subbed in, for now it’s planned with B73W...

Nice to see YYT-FLL, especially after WestJet slashed it's FLL network in the past two years. Crazy how long a flight that is - about as long as FLL-LAS! Crazy how YYT “becomes” the 2nd FLL destination for WS in 2018-19. Why they pulled YHZ/YUL/YOW-FLL is a total head scratcher. So I guess YYZ-BCN ...

Nice to see YYT-FLL, especially after WestJet slashed it's FLL network in the past two years. Crazy how long a flight that is - about as long as FLL-LAS! Crazy how YYT “becomes” the 2nd FLL destination for WS in 2018-19. Why they pulled YHZ/YUL/YOW-FLL is a total head scratcher. So I guess YYZ-BCN ...

On the ground STC and Greyhound Canada recently failed and VIA Rail has been going down the drain for years so it may only be a matter of time before Canada is left with only Air Canada and the far north airlines (even those may end up part of Air Canada). No one thought Greyhound Canada would sudd...

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/westjet-reports-third-quarter-net-earnings-of-459-million-698991141.html WestJet (TSX: WJA) today announced its third quarter results for 2018, with net earnings of $45.9 million, or $0.40 per fully diluted share. This result compares with net earnings of $135....

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/westjet-reports-third-quarter-net-earnings-of-459-million-698991141.html WestJet (TSX: WJA) today announced its third quarter results for 2018, with net earnings of $45.9 million, or $0.40 per fully diluted share. This result compares with net earnings of $135.9...

Ridiculous censorship. You get a topic like this what are you supposed to do, talk about applesauce instead? No where is this information security sensitive. If you don't know general info about Air Marshalls check google ATCSundevil. Search is your friend. Here your go - it's not a secret. https:/...

Icelandair was definitely earlier. I remember flying them BWI-LUX non-stop back in 82 or 83 thinking what an unusual routing that was. I cannot remember when they started in the 70s if they flew to Reykjavik or if they started immediately with Luxembourg. LUX on FI was quite popular because they of...

In 1947 Colonial flew Ottawa to Massena; in the 50s Colonial, then Eastern flew Ottawa to Syracuse. Anyone find YOW-BAL nonstop anytime? Oh right I forgot about Colonial. YOW-BWI/BAL nonstop definitely existed for a long time (it was essentially the flight that linked our two Capitals). Flew it sev...

AC flew DC-9s and CL-65s on YYZ-CLT. After the merger with Canadian Airlines, the route was taken over by F-28s of Canadian Regional. J was offered on both the DC-9 and the F-28. InterCanadian was a different airline, which flew F100s (technically F-28s), but never regionally for Canadian/Air Canad...

Up until around 2001, AC used to use A319s on CLT-YYZ. I think that was the last time J service was scheduled. Slightly off topic but wasn't there also an Inter-Canadien F28 service earlier? AC flew DC-9s and CL-65s on YYZ-CLT. After the merger with Canadian Airlines, the route was taken over by F-...

World Airways started flying Baltimore to LGW nonstop in 1980 or 1981 -- anyone know which? Was that Baltimore's first transatlantic nonstop? Eastern started flying Baltimore to Montreal nonstop in 1961 -- I'm guessing that was BAL's first international nonstop. Anyone know of an earlier? I believe...

Both CLT and RDU used to see AC mainline years ago-CLT saw A319s and RDU saw DC9s and 737s, IIRC. I think you’re right about the DC9s briefly being on RDU-YYZ at the peak of the tech boom. Also both YYZ-RDU and YOW-RDU saw AC all mainline back in the CRJ mainline days, bu no J class of course. Up u...

AC could also be looking to offload connections through YYZ which is tight for space. They are always offering flight options... ... suggesting they have capacity on US flights to drive traffic through YUL to connections in Canada. YYZ is indeed getting crowded. Now, compound that with this additio...